Delta Airlines safety
record from 11/95-12/96

• (12/95) A wing struck a runway on landing due to pilot miscalculation.

• (01/96) An uncontained engine failure on a Boeing 727 was discovered when ATC tower personnel saw smoke coming from the plane. The explosion blew a hole in the engine housing and dented and nicked the plane's tail.

• (01/96) Another uncontained engine failure blew parts through the #1 and #2 engines of a Boeing 727.

• (02/96) After a pilot failed to maintain his airspeed, he brought his MD-88 in for a "hard landing" that seriously damaged the plane.

• (02/96) A Boeing 757 hit another carrier's plane while departing a ramp area even though the pilot had been told to stop.

• (02/96) An auxiliary power unit caught fire on a Boeing 767.

• (04/96) A third uncontained engine failure made an MD-80 vibrate so violently, the flight had to be diverted.

• (06/96) A fourth uncontained engine failure sent a fan blade spiraling through the engine housing of an MD-88 when the 767 engine caught fire during the climb after takeoff.

• (06/96) An uncontained engine failure, discovered by ATC tower personnel who saw smoke and fire, blew an 8" hole in the engine case of a Boeing 767 in the third such incident.

• (07/96) An uncontained engine failure killed two people and injured three others when a fan disk separated from the engine and pierced the fuselage of an MD-88.

• (08/96) Engine debris from another engine failure fell off a Boeing 727 and onto a house and car when turbine blades failed.

• (08/96) Landing gear was sheared off when an MD-88 landed short of a runway. The plane skidded, spun around and was seriously damaged.

• (11/96) Tail controls failed on an MD-11.

• (11/96) An MD-88 ran off a runway in snow.

• (01/97) An engine exploded on a Boeing 727, leaving two basketball-sized holes in the fuselage.